European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 2, 1990 the stars and stripes Page .9over her imagination Effort help Pitburg a Excel by Deedee Arrington Hoke Kaiserslautern Bureau Pitburg a West Germany a when visitors step past the Green exterior Walls of aircraft shelters 73 and 75 a on the Pitburg a flight line they walk smack dab into one of the air Force s self help projects. When airmen get takeout Chicken dinners from the bases Eifel inn they Are patronizing the top air Force dining facility for 1990, and when base housing residents turn on the heat in Winter they Benefit from a unique Energy of fictive partnership with a local German brewery. Those Are just three reasons Why Pitburg. Home of the 36th tac fighter Wing has been named the air forces top installation in 1990, an award that carries a $200,000 prize. Quot a we just focus on accomplishing the Mission and balancing the Mission with Quality of life Quot said col. John a. Judd 36th tac fighter Wing commander. A if doing that results in awards so be it a from food service to engine maintenance organizations and individuals assigned to Pitburg have won nearly 80 awards in the last two years from the i7lh air Force. . Air forces Europe air Force army and department of defense. 1. A we set the example Quot said senior airman John Trent of the 36th air generation so. Quot everything has to he clone exactly right base residents say they appreciate the cleanliness of the installation and the willingness of co workers to help out they also credit those in leadership positions for recognizing hard work and outstanding achievements. A there s a desire to Excel Here. Everything a Fine tuned and works like a will tuned engine a said master sgt. Daniel Kuykendall also with the air generation Squadron. A a it a just the attitude Here. You can to place a Finger on . Staff sgt. Craig Corbin of the 36lh component repair so recently arrived at Pitburg from a stateside assignment and quickly sized it up As a Good place to live and work. A the sponsor program is real Good. My sponsor picked Nie up at the Airport at Frankfurt and had a Post office Box for me. He made sure i had a ride to All my appoint 1�?~us.s i in renovations give an aircraft shelter at Pitburg a a touch of German Charm. The work was done by volunteers. Mints Quot he said. A and the no club constantly has stuff going on. At my old base they had to beg people to no one had to be begged when it came to two self help projects at aircraft shelters called Tab vees 73 and 75. That a where volunteers painted murals on the sliding doors depicting the Mosel Valley Village of Bem Kastl Kucs. They also remodeler the two Story Interior Walls to look like the facades of a building on the bar Kastel town Square. Also they be created additional office space and break areas renovating the dour Green structures into spacious and pleasant work environments. A i think the others Are a Little jealous of our Tab vees a said airman James Carey of the 53rd aircraft Maint unit. The improvements would have Cost $900,000 if done by contract but the Volunteer Effort Cut the Tab to $99,000 for the two shelters. A total of six Tab vees Are being renovated at Pitburg. Down the Road at the Pitburg Beer brewery excess heat from the production facility is piped to the base bringing heating and hot water to 1,203 military family housing units and other buildings. The brewery began sharing its waste Energy with the base in december 1986 after spending about $8 million for distribution and control systems. The linkup allowed the base to eliminate 69 boiler plants using Coal and Oil fired boilers. The Beer manufacturer also maintains and repairs the system at no com to the air base. The air Force which pays Only lot the heat says it will save More than $18 million Over the life of the 10-year contract with the brewery. A a what a really Good for the area. Is that the environment is protected and we Are saving said Gen Ruhbeck inc meal director of the brewery. Those strides aside. Hilbig is still Short of perfection. Airman Shern Loath believes there sat least one improvement to be Tumie on the sprawling base Barking. A if you done to wad for someone to pull out Quot Loath said a a you la drive around forever Quot now Darmstadt a pushing for a second $ 1 million by Ron Mckinney staff writer a Darmstadt West Germany a the Darmstadt Community has done an about face in the last five years an Effort Good enough to win the 1990 army Community of excellence award. A we now have excellent facilities compared to four live years ago a said Mike Ponder the Community a director of plans training mobilization and Security. Ponder said it look plenty of Community involve Vieni for the improvements to result in the prestigious award w hich carries a prize of a million. And now that Darmstadt has won it once the Community is pushing or a repeat performance. A sure we got a million dollars but the real award is that people expect excellence out of others and themselves a Ponder said. A winning the Competition Lias spurred everyone to do d Ponder cited several novel programs As the leading reason Darmstadt was chosen As the Winner in the medium overseas category. One is an orientation program that welcomes new soldiers and spouses. The army Community service trams unit representatives who in turn train Ruem his Eif their unit i How to properly sponsor incoming troops. spouses Are also invited to attend a Finch a discover Darmstadt orientation and the Deputy Community commander Speaks to the soldiers during their two week newcomers briefing. A i think Darmstadt goes full measure to Welcome folks into the Community a said maj. Douglas Sturgeon the intelligence officer for the 32nd army air defense come. A the head Start program. Is an absolute necessity for our Junior the Darmstadt engineering and housing division was credited with improving the Community shopping mall As Well As making dramatic in a people expect the Competition has Spurre everyone to do it a Mike Ponder proven Enis at transient billets and troop Barracks. However at least one resident questioned using funds to buy the Trees that now Spruce up the torn Unity shopping area. F a it s pretty a but could t they have spent lie Money on something More useful .1 asked Renee base a family member. The Community also expanded the hours on thursday nights to allow working couples More a Cess to Community serv ices and opened a hot Hue to handle complaints. Monthly town meetings were stalled and a report card system was devised to keep the Community brass in touch with its residents. A we respond to every report Caid that comes in a Ponder said. A it does not fall on deaf Bea Twiss a local family member confirmed that the system worked alter her husband sent m a card about the Community Posl office. A week later the couple received a letter thanking Lii a for taking the time to write a a they be done a lot of v leaning up and they in pushing the programs now a a i Wiss said. The $1 million won by Darmstadt will lie spent on Quality Ollif e projects including Tom upgrading of sports Fields new Leinss com is. Buying buses for Community activities and opening a teen Center among other Pion eds sgt. George de la i a in of to go. 6-Iih f nor in Fias seen the changes inst hand lie s on ins second tour at Darmstadt after having been assigned in the Community from 19s3 to s is a a so of things i and ail Tor the better a de la 1 Kuenle said. 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